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2: Novelist WILTON BARNHARDT. He's getting alot of press and praise for his new novel, "Gospel," (St. Martin's Press) an 800-page saga about a present-day search for a lost gospel. It's been described as an "intellectual detective novel. . . written on the grand scale." (Library Journal). And, author Tony Hillerman writes of the book, "every ten years comes a novel so delightful, so exciting, that you want to grab perfect strangers and tell 'em about it." BARNHARDT's first novel was "Emma Who Saved My Life."

Folk singer JOAN BAEZ. A leading figure in the heyday of the Greenwich Village folk scene, BAEZ has continued to use her music in the service of various political causes, including a number of human rights organizations. In 1987, she published an autobiography called "And a Voice to Sing with: A Memoir." (Summit Books) Most recently, BAEZ has performed at the Amnesty International's "Conspiracy of Hope" and "Human Rights Now!" concerts, and has been involved in human rights work for Bosnia . Her latest album, "Play Me Backwards," (Virgin Records) was released in 1992.

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "Chantilly Lace," on the Showtime cable network. The telemovie stars JoBeth Williams, Lindsay Crouse, Helen Slater, Jill Eikenberry, Martha Plimpton, Ally Sheedy, and Talia Shire. The plot revolves around a reunion of old friends, but the lines and action are mostly improvised by the actresses.

South African journalist JOHN MATISONN. MATISONN is white and grew up in the suburbs in Johannesburg. (His grandparents emigrated to South Africa at the turn of the century). To N-P-R listeners he's best known for his coverage from South Africa from 1986 to 1991. MATISONN also worked in Washington, D.C. He's now the head of elections for the South Africa Broadcasting Company, S-A-B-C, (which before the end of apartheid, broadcast purely government propoganda). He also co-founded the P-B-I, Public Broadcasting Initiative, to train and recruit South African journalists for the SABC to teach them about balance and fairness in the media.

2: Poet and essayist, MAXINE KUMIN. Her latest collection of essays and stories on living on a New Hampshire farm, is called "Women, Animals and Vegetables" (Norton). KUMIN received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1973, and is Poet Laureate of New Hampshire. She has published ten volumes of poetry, as well as collections of stories and essays.

Actor and singer HARRY BELAFONTE. He was born in Harlem and raised in the hills of Jamaica where he absorbed the song and music of the island life around him. BELAFONTE's first love was theater, however: he wasn't convinced that popular singing would take him as far emotionally as Shakespeare did. But by embracing the calpyso music of his childhood he introduced it to America. This week, he performs his first public concert in New York City in over thirty years.

Music Critic Milo Miles thinks Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence is a gospel-blues great, one who hasn''t gotten the recognition he deserves.

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collePoet MARK DOTY. He won the 1994 National Book Critics Circle award for his poetry ction, My Alexandria (University of Illinois Press). He is currently a Fannie Hearst Visiting Professor at Brandeis University. INTERVIEW TWOESSEX HEMPHILL is the author of two books of poetry, "Earth Life" and "Conditions," and a collection of prose and poetry called "Ceremonies." He's also the editor of "Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men." He's reading from his work "Vital Signs," published in the collection "Life Sentences: Writers, Artists, and AIDS," edited by Thomas Avena (Mercury House).

2: Composer HENRY MANCINI who's famous for the his movie scores for "The Pink Panther," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and "The Days of Wine and Roses"....and for his tv themes for "Peter Gunn," "Newhart" and "Remington Steele." Mancini has won four Academy awards and 20 Grammys. (rebroadcast from 11/11/87).

The daughter of Marlene Dietrich, MARIA RIVA (REE-va). Dietrich died last May at the age of 90, with her mystique still intact. RIVA has written a memoir, "Marlene Dietrich," (Knopf) which relies on Riva's memories and on Dietrich's letters and diaries (80 years worth). It's been called a "sympathetic" and not a bitter book, though it describes a woman who is "uncaring" and not very "likeable," and who belies the image of great sexuality (she didn't like sex), though she had many lovers. RIVA also describes her mother's decline into alcoholism, and decrepit old age.